{"id":732,"date":"2021-03-21T17:48:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T17:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/?p=732"},"modified":"2021-03-21T17:48:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T17:48:02","slug":"westminster-park-volunteers-planting-maintenance-plan-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/?p=732","title":{"rendered":"Westminster Park Volunteers Planting &#038; Maintenance Plan 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Prepared by Niall Macfadyen and Mary Pole \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Approved by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Steve Telford (Chair, Friends of Westminster Park),<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Sue Britton (Secretary, Friends of Westminster Park)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Andy James, Cheshire West and Chester Greenspace Ranger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The plan covers the next twelve months of planting and maintenance.\u00a0\u00a0 Maintenance activities can be carried out throughout the year, but there are preferred times for planting, pruning, weeding etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is planned to plant additional flowering shrubs and herbaceous perennials in the \u201cformal borders\u201d area outside the caf\u00e9, marked A on the map in fig 1.\u00a0 This work should be carried out in November and December 2020.\u00a0 In order to do this a number of unwanted self seeded, dead and dying plants need to be removed.\u00a0 Others can be rescued by suitable pruning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is planned to plant wildflower bulbs in the woodland area, marked B on fig 1.\u00a0 Two areas will be planted up during November and December.\u00a0 There will be maintenance work on the woodland throughout the winter, involving coppicing suitable trees (e.g. Hazel) and thinning out trees that are now reaching maturity, so that trees chosen to remain have room to grow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is general maintenance (pruning, removing ivy) of existing shrubs in areas C , D and E on Fig 1. \u00a0\u00a0Some Lleylandii plants are also required in areas C and D to replace burned out plants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is planned to purchase wildflower seeds to grow on and plant out in the spring\/summer of 2021.\u00a0 These plants will initially be planted out on the grassy mounds in area F of\u00a0 Fig 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In order to minimise future maintenance, the budget includes purchase of weed suppressing membrane and bark chippings, which both suppress weeds and look nice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Budget summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"267\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"203\">bark 2 cubic metres<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"203\">membrane 50m x 2m<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"203\">plants<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"203\">seeds<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"203\">bulbs<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">525<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"203\">Lleylandii<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"203\">total<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">1115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>We are assuming we will be able to get some discounts on these costs.\u00a0 Our budget is assumed to be \u00a31000.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-739\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2020.11.02-WP-Park-Plan-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2020.11.02-WP-Park-Plan-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2020.11.02-WP-Park-Plan-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2020.11.02-WP-Park-Plan-1024x851.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2020.11.02-WP-Park-Plan.jpg 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Area A \u2013 Formal Beds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-738\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2020.11.02-WP-Formal-Beds-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2020.11.02-WP-Formal-Beds-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2020.11.02-WP-Formal-Beds-768x682.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2020.11.02-WP-Formal-Beds-1024x909.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.westminsterpark.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2020.11.02-WP-Formal-Beds.jpg 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Generally there are numerous\u00a0 flowering shrubs, but with limited flowering periods.\u00a0 The proposed additional plants have a focus on winter flowering species and are suitable for the varying \u00a0aspects of the beds from full sun to almost full shade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Areas B and F &#8211; Wildflower Area and Woodland Area<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a current council proposal for encouraging grasslands and wildflower meadows, so our proposal only includes a \u201cdemonstrator\/trial area\u201d.\u00a0 Similarly, final decisions on the eventual plants list for these areas are dependent on the outcome of the proposals before the council.<\/p>\n<p>Wildflower seeds will be planted and grow on in the spring, hopefully in collaboration with local primary schools and gardening clubs.\u00a0 These will be planted out on the grassy mounds at F in the early summer.<\/p>\n<p>Native woodland plant bulbs have been planted out in two separate areas of the woodland during the late autumn\/winter.\u00a0 These will flower in spring, before the leaf canopy develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepared by Niall Macfadyen and Mary Pole \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Approved by: Steve Telford (Chair, Friends of Westminster Park), Sue Britton (Secretary, Friends of Westminster Park) Andy James, Cheshire West and Chester Greenspace Ranger \u00a0Introduction The plan covers the next twelve months 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